Communists: My Daddy Can Beat Your Daddy Several Centuries from Now

The ideological issue between Moscow and
Peking, once so murky, was assuming an almost dazzling clarity.

Out last week were the latest statistics for Soviet industrial
production, showing a 7½% increase in the first half of 1964. Many
Western experts suspect the real figure to be about 5%, but even if
correct, it would be the smallest percentage increase claimed since
1942. The usual claim in recent years has been closer to 10%. The lag
appears to be caused by crop setbacks, which affected the food
production industry, and a sharp drop in...